potrefit

Czech

Etymology

From po- +‎ trefit. Compare Kashubian pòtrafic, Carpathian Rusyn потрафити (potrafyty), Macedonian потрефи (potrefi), Polish potrafić, Silesian potrefić, Serbo-Croatian pòtrefiti / по̀трефити, and Slovak potrafiť.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpotrɛfɪt]

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Verb

potrefit pf (imperfective trefit)

1. to hit

Conjugation

Conjugation of potrefit

infinitive potrefit, potrefiti active adjective potrefivší verbal noun potrefení passive adjective potrefený present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person potrefím potrefíme — potrefme 2nd person potrefíš potrefíte potref potrefte 3rd person potrefí potrefí — — The verb potrefit does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate potrefil potrefili potrefen potrefeni masculine inanimate potrefily potrefeny feminine potrefila potrefena neuter potrefilo potrefila potrefeno potrefena transgressives present past masculine singular — potrefiv feminine + neuter singular — potrefivši plural — potrefivše

Derived terms

adjectives

• potrefený

proverbs

• potrefená husa nejvíc kejhá

Further reading

• “potrefiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “potrefiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “potrefit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025